Surround Stakes attracts five Group 1 winners

Several Group 1 winners will line up in the A$600,000 Surround Stakes at Randwick this Saturday, with 13 fillies accepted in total.

Godolphin and James Cummings will have their star filly In Secret hitting this three-year-old feature second-up after winning the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes over 1200m last start, where she defeated most of her rivals that she will meet again on Saturday.

Chris Waller has entered two Group 1-winning fillies for the Surround Stakes, with Thousand Guineas winner Madame Pommery and Flight Stakes winner Zougotcha competing against one-another for the third time in their short careers.

Peter & Paul Snowden will have J.J. Atkins winner Sheeza Belter and Blue Diamond Stakes and Thousand Guineas runner-up Revolutionary Miss engaged in the 1400m event.

Rounding out the Group 1 stars is 2022 Golden Slipper winner Fireburn, who didn’t finish in the placings in three starts during her spring campaign.

Of the rest, the Annabel Neasham-trained Sunshine In Paris and Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Ruthless Dame look to the best chances, even though they will be running in their first-ever Group 1 races.

2023 Surround Stakes final field

No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1		In Secret	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	4	56kg
2		Fireburn	Gary Portelli	Brenton Avdulla	13	56kg
3		Zougotcha	Chris Waller	James McDonald	11	56kg
4		Madame Pommery	Chris Waller	Brett Prebble	6	56kg
5		Sheeza Belter	Peter & Paul Snowden	William Pike	9	56kg
6		North Star Lass	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	12	56kg
7		Revolutionary Miss	Peter & Paul Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	7	56kg
8		Sunshine In Paris	Annabel Neasham	Ryan Maloney	3	56kg
9		Cinderella Days	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	17	56kg
10		Wolverine	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons	10	56kg
11		Ruthless Dame	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tyler Schiller	8	56kg
12		A Lot More Love	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Regan Bayliss	2	56kg
13		Razeta	Kris Lees	Chad Schofield	5	56kg